Comments

Comment by myersk20

kill the enemies in the north part of the area. The panda that's with u will search them after they've died and will either say yes you've found a statue or not.

Comment by Thecapricorn

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Comment by sorceressdee

Killing any of the Sra'thik will do the job as your companion will search their bodies once they are dead. However, be careful because unlike other zones, these mobs hit relatively hard and tend to pull 2 or 3 at a time.

I found the Sra'thik Guards to be the easiest to kill, and they did the least damage.

Comment by suzums

This is easily one of the hardest solo quests in the game at the moment. The mantids spawn on the northern shores of Niuzao's island. You have to run through a warzone full of elites just to get to them. Some of the elites bug out and do not leash, so be prepared to die. In fact be prepared to die anyways, because the mantids necessary to complete the quest often spawn in very large groups. The drones are particularly nasty, always coming in packs of 3 with around 330k hp each, and they do a stacking debuff that hurts a lot, as well as enrage.

To complete the quest, just kill the mantids and let your stealthed pandaren buddy loot their corpses for the statue parts. The number of kills needed seems to be random. Might be 10, might be 50.

Unless you're level 90 and geared, I recommend you bring a friend or two. You'll be glad you did.

Comment by zwerbie

When getting to the area where the prey is, try going up to the left and across the rocks - then pick out the guards one at a time from above, I did that and managed to complete the quest fairly easily.

Comment by Mebanebuzz

The entire island this quest is on is full of quests that are stupid hard to the point of wondering WTF blizz was thinking.

If you're trying to make 89 to move to the next zone, don't bother with this area. Go back to one of the previous zones and do some quests there instead. You'll die so much on this island it will just slow you down. Easier and not nearly the desire to see certain devs publicly executed as a warning to other devs.

Comment by datsov

Long range has it easier. I'm a hunter and used my pet on passive to lure them to me then had my pet assist, disengaged so i stayed out of the acid they spit (big damage). I did make sure I did guards at the entrances and lone guards. Its a lot harder if you go for more than one guard at a time.

Comment by HapHazzard

There are a couple places to work a solo a little more easily. To the far south east of the quest area, there is a guard post. They were fairly easy to engage one at a time from there. 2 standing guards, 1 pat guard, 1 pat drone. Went to the north west corner to see if there was the same setup but there were only a couple that could be pulled for single combat. Had a couple Osul Farstriders pats walk up my butt while I was sizing things up also. Back to the south guard post, and picked up a few respawns. There are other spots where you can engage single guard pats. All in all, took about 12 kills to get all 4 pieces.

Comment by Sterling

The mobs to watch out for in this area are the drones. They have a channeled ability called caustic spray that does a ton of damage, and lays a stacking DoT with a debuff on you. However when they use the ability they are stationary and only spray in one direction. It's a fairly simple "stay out of the fire" mechanic and you can avoid a lot of the damage if you just sidestep this ability or run through them to the opposite side. So either avoid the Drones (not easy, but doable), or be careful not to pull groups of them. Even a second drone can make life miserable, so don't rush into groups and try to pull patrols and singles.

Comment by fetrympa

C'mon guys! We need some really hard q's not to fall asleep. :-)

Comment by Bravehome

As with many mobs, get on a hill behind them where no patrols go and pull them to you one at a time. As stated earlier, guards easier than drones, but drones (one at a time!) NP if you avoid their fixed directional spray.

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Comment by Direbruin

Many people are saying to avoid the drones. I would disagree as they have just over 78k hp's and die fairly quickly. Yes they hit hard and you need to avoid groups of them but if you can pull them one at a time, they burn fast.

Comment by cernowyth

If you get to 42.7, 51.4......you can hang out under the arched root of the tree and snipe the guards at the crossroads and the ones that walk up and down the road. You can also pick off the ones at the entrance to the cave. 13 kills, no deaths, all four pieces recovered.

Comment by Barsoom

Piece of cake now! Start at about 37,47 from the north end of the island headed into the Sra'thik guarded area. Just pick off one's and two's as you work your way into the area. I wasted about a dozen or so before my escort found the four pieces. My shadow priest had no issues. It was a little work but no dying.

Comment by Kaeleane

Wondering if this is bugged, been running this for 45 as a level 97 Pally, so killing everything In sight... fast... and he's finding no parts. First login since 6.2. Hmmm

Niuzao's Price

Kill the mantid of the Sra'thik Incursion so that Tai Ho can search their bodies for pieces of Niuzao's statuette.

Find Statuette Head

Find Statuette Body

Find Statuette Legs

Find Statuette Tail

Description

Niuzao owns a statuette which he values greatly: a small icon, in his image, sculpted by one of his long-since fallen sentinels. This statuette was recently stolen by the Sra'thik mantid, and taken to their encampment to our north.

Bring back this statuette. Then we will give you - and your Shado-Pan associate - the answers you seek.